Machine for jacking and brushing hat-bodies.



. A. WARM. MACHINE FOR JACKING AND BRUSHING HAT BODl ES. APPLICATIONFILED AUG 1, 1916- 1210 876. Patented Jan. 2,1917.

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A. M. WARM.

MACHINE FOR .IACKING'AND BRUSHING HAT BODIES.

APPLICATION HLED AUG. 1. 1916.

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AUGUST M. WARM, OF DANBURY, CONNECTICUT.

MACHINE FOR JAGKING AND BRUSHING HAT-BODIES.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 2, 1917.

Application filed August 1, 1916. Serial No. 112,542.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, AUGUST M. WARM, a citizen of the United States,residing at Danbury, county of Fairfield, State of Connecticut, haveinvented an Improvement in Machines for Jacking and Brushing Hat-Bodies, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to the manufacture of hats and has for its objectto provide a relatively simple and inexpensive machine which shall beeasy to operate, and which by a mere change of brushes may be adapted toperform the jacking (i. e. nap-raising), dry brushing or wet brushingoperations quite as eifectively as they can be done by hand and at agreatly reduced cost to the manufacturer.

With these and other objects in view, I have devised the novel machinewhich I will now describe, referring to the accompanying drawingsforming a part of this specification and using reference characters toindicate the several parts:

Figure 1 is a front elevation of my novel machine in the inoperativeposition; Fig. 2 an end elevation as, seen from the right in Fig. 1;Fig. 3 a front elevation showing the machine in use; Fig. 4 an endelevation as seen. from the right in Fig. 3; Fig. 5 an end elevation asseen from the left in Fig. 1; Fig. 6 a vertical section on the line 6-6in Fig. 3, looking in the direction of the arrows; Fig. 7 a verticalsection on the line 7-7 in Fig. 3, looking in the direction of thearrows; Fig. 8 a detail sectional view on the line 8-8 in Fig. 7,looking in the direction of the arrows; Fig. 9 a fragmentary frontelevation illustrating a variant form of the invention, in which flatinstead of rotary brushes are used, and Fig. 10 is a section on the line10-10 in Fig. 9, looking in the direction of the arrows.

20 denotes the frame of the machine which may be of any ordinary orpreferred design and construction.

The hat bodies to be operated upon, indicated by 21, are placed upon ablock 22 which is elongated in the direction of the width of the machineand flattened upon the long sides, and is cone-shaped in cross section.The shape of the block will be readily understood from Figs. 1 and 6which show it respectively in elevation and in cross section This. blockis carried by a bar 23,

which is adapted to be moved vertically on ways 24 upon the frame. Thebar, carrying the block, is reciprocated on the ways by means of crankrods 25 pivoted to the under side of the bar and to cranks 26 upon ashaft '27 journaled in the frame and in a bracket 28 shown as detachedfrom the frame. The machine may be either operated by mechanical poweror by hand power, as preferred.

29 and 30 denote fast and loose belt pulleys on the shaft over which abelt, not shown, passes.

31 denotes roller brushes carried respectively by shafts 32 and 33journaled at the upper ends of swinging arms 34 pivoted to the frame asat 35. The brushes are adapted to operate on opposite sides of a bodyupon the block. Each brush rotates downward and inward, and each brushshaft is carried by two arms, one at each end of the machine. Brushshaft 33 is extended at the left end of the machine and carries asprocket wheel from which a sprocket chain 36 extends over one wheel ofa twin sprocket wheel rotating on a short shaft 37 extending from theframe in alinement with the pivotal point of the arm 34 whichcarriesshaft 33 at the left end of the machine. A sprocket chain 38passes over the other wheel of the twin sprocket wheel and over asprocket wheel 39 rotating on a short shaft 40 extending from the frameat the left end of the machine. Sprocket wheel 39 is secured to andcarried by a sprocket wheel 41 rotating on short shaft 40 extending fromthe frame, and sprocket wheel 41 meshes with a sprocket wheel 42 carriedby crank shaft 27. Brush shaft 32 is extended at the right end of themachine and carries a sprocket wheel from which a sprocket chain 43extends over one wheel. of a twin sprocket wheel rotating on a shortshaft 44 extending from the frame in alinement with the pivotal point 35of the arm 34 which carries shaft 32 at the right end of the machine. Asprocket chain 45 passes over the other wheel of the twin sprocket wheeland over a sprocket wheel 46 on crank shaft 27 at the right end of themachine.

In order that crank shaft 27 and the parts operated thereby may bedriven by hand power instead of mechanical power, I provide a crankwheel 47 which rotates on a short shaft 48 extending from the frame i 65simply changing the brushes.

and carrying a sprocket wheel 49 from which a sprocket chain 50 passesover a sprocket wheel on crank shaft 27 contiguous to sprocket wheel 46.

It will be understood that the brushing operation is performed bybrushes rotating inward and downward and carried by pivoted arms andoperating upon hat bodies carried by a block cone-shaped in crosssection and having a vertical reciprocatory movement. In order that thebrushes may move outward relatively to the body as the block movesupward, and vice versa, and thus maintain the same pressure of thebrushes upon a hat body without regard to the position of the blockrelatively to the brushes, I provide at opposite ends of bar 23 wedges51 shown as set over the bar and secured thereto by bolts passingthrough brackets 52. These wedges engage rollers 53 carried by the armsand swing the arms and with them the brushes away from the block. Thisoutward movement of the arms and brushes is effected against the powerof springs 5*: connected to brackets 55 extending upward from the arms.The springs act to retain the rollers in close engagement with thewedges, whose angle of inclination corresponds with the block.

For the convenience of the operator in placing bodies upon the block andin shifting and removing them, I provide other wedges 56 carried byslides 57 which are adapted to reciprocate vertically on the ends of theframe and to engage rollers 58 carried by the arms (on the oppositesides from rollers 53) and swing the arms open widely against the powerof the springs carrying the brushes entirely away from the block. Theslides and wedges 56 are operated by means of levers 59 fulcrumed on theends of the frame and loosely connected to the slides, the outer ends ofthe levers being connected by a hand bar 60 extending across the frontof the machine in convenient position for the operator.

In the form illustrated in Figs. 9 and 10, flat brushes, indicated by61, are substituted for rotary brushes. These brushes may be looselyattached to shafts 32 and 33 and the driving connections allowed toremain as shown or they may be rigidly attached to brush-carryingshafts, in which case sprocket chains 36 and 43 would be removed.

Whether rotating or flat brushes are used, they may be made of bristlesor wire, depending upon the operation to be performed. In handling largequantities of work, one machine would ordinarily be used for jacking,another for dry brushing and another for wet brushing. In runningthrough smaller lots of bodies, the same machine may be used for thesuccessive. operations by If two part brushes are used the changes maybe made very quickly without removing the brush shafts. If the brushesare rigidly secured to the shafts, it would of course necessitatechanges of brush shafts with the brushes.

The operation will be readily understood from the description alreadygiven. Briefly, the operator separates the brushes against the power ofthe springs by means of wedges 56, in the present instanceoperated bythe hand bar. He then places a body on the block, lowers the wedges,andstarts the machine. After operating as long as is re-' quired, themachine is stopped, the body shifted on the block and then brushed asbefore, these operations being continued until the desired efi'ect uponthe body is produced. The operation is the same whether the machine isdriven by hand power or mechanical power.

Having thus described my invention I claim:

1. In a machine of the character described, in combination, brushes,swinging arms by which they are carried, and a vertically reciprocatingblock by which bodies are carried while being operated upon.

2. In a machine of the character described, in combination,brushesrotating inward and downward, swinging arms by which the brushesare carried and a vertically reciprocating block by which bodiesarecarried while being operated upon.

3. In a machine of the; character described, in combination, brushes,swinging arms by which they are carried and a verti cally reciprocatingblock, elongated in the direction of the width of the machine, flattenedon opposite sides and cone-shaped in cross section, by which'bodies arecarried while being operated upon.

4. In, a machine of the character described, in combination, brushes,swinging arms by which they are carried, a vertically reciprocatingblock by which bodies are carried while being operated upon, and meansfor causing the brushes to move outward relatively to the body as theblock moves upward, and vice versa. 3

5. In a machine of the character described, in combination, brushes,swinging arms by which theyare carried, a vertically reciprocating blockby which bodies are carried, wedges engaging the arms for causing thebrushes to move outward relatively to the block as the block movesupward, and springs for retaining the arms in engagement with thewedges.

6. In a machine of the character de-- and springs for rerelatively tothe block,

' the taining the arms in engagement with wedges.

7 In a scribed, in combination, arms by which they which bodies arecarried, a vertically reciprocating bar by which the block is carried,wedges carried by the bar and engaging the arms to swing the brushesoutward relatively to the block, springs for retaining the arms inengagement with the wedges, and other wedges and operating meanstherefor, by which the arms are opened widely for convenience inplacing, shifting and removing bodies.

8. In a machine of the character described, in combination, brushes,swinging arms by which they are carried, a vertically reciprocatingblock by which bodies arecarried, means for causing the brushes to moveoutward relatively to the block as the block moves upward, and viceversa, and means for opening the arms widely for convenience in placing,shifting and removing bodies.

9. In a machine of the character described, in combination, brushes,swinging arms by which they are carried and which are provided withrollers, a block by which bodies are carried, wedges cooperating withthe rollers to open the arms, for the purpose set forth, a verticallyreciprocating bar by which the block and wedges are carried, and springsacting to retain the rollers in engagement with the wedges.

10. In a machine of the character described, in combination, brushes,swinging arms by which they are carried and which are provided with twosets of rollers, a block by which bodies are carried, wedges cooperatingwith one set of rollers to open the arms, a vertically reciprocating barby which the block and wedges are carried, springs acting to retain therollers in engagement with the wedges, and other wedges cooperating withthe other set of rollers by which the arms may be opened widely and thebrushes carried out of engagement with a body on the block.

11. In a machine scribed, in combination, brushes, swinging arms bywhich they are carried, a block by which bodies are carried, wedgesengaging the arms, for the purpose set forth, a bar by which the blockand wedges are carried, springs acting to retain the rollers inengagement with the wedges, and a crank shaft and rods by which the baris reciprocated vertically.

12. In a machine of the character described, in combination, brusheshaving an inward and downward rotary movement, swinging arms by whichthe brushes are carried, a block by which bodies are carried,

machine of the character debrushes, swinging of the character dearecarried, a block. by.

wedges engaging the arms, for the purpose set forth, a bar by which theblock and wedges are carried, springs acting to retain the arms inengagement with the wedges, a crank shaft and rods by which the bar isreciprocated vertically, and driving connections between the crank shaftand the brushes.

13. In a machine of the character described, in combination, a framehaving ways, brushes, shafts by which the brushes are carried, swingingarms in which the shafts are journaled, a block by which bodies arecarried, wedges engaging the arms, for the purpose set forth, a bar,engaging the ways, by which the block and wedges are carried, springsacting to retain the arms in engagement with the wedges, a crank shaftand rods by which the bar is reciprocated on the ways, and drivingconnections between the crank shaft and the brush shafts.

14:. In a machine of the character described, in combination, a frame,brushes, shafts by which the brushes are carried, swinging arms in whichthe shafts are journaled, a block by which bodies are carried, wedgesengaging the arms, for the purpose set forth, a bar by which the blockand wedges are carried, springs acting to retain the arms in engagementwith the wedges, a crank shaft and rods by which the bar is reciprocatedvertically, driving connections between the crank shafts and the brushshafts, and hand and power driving connections for the crank shaft.

15. In a machine of the character described, in combination, a frame,brushes, swinging arms in which the brushes are journaled, a block bywhich bodies are carried, wedges engaging the arms, for the purpose setforth, a bar by which the block and wedges are carried, springs actingto retain the arms in engagement with the wedges, means for impartingvertical reciprocatory movement to the bar and for rotating the brushes,and hand-operated means cooperating with the arms for moving the brushesoutward away from the block.

16. In a machine of the character described, in combination, brushes,swinging arms by which they are carried, a vertically reciprocatingblock by which bodies are carried, means for causing the arms to swinginward and outward as the block moves upward and downward, to maintainuniform pressure of the brushes upon a body on the block, and means forimparting rotary movement to the brushes.

17 In a machine of the character described, in combination, brushes,swinging arms by which they are carried, a block by which bodies arecarried, wedges having an angle of inclination corresponding with theblock, for the purpose set forth, and means for imparting verticalreciprocatory movement to the block and wedges.

18. In a machine of the character described, in combination, brushes,swinging arms by which they are carried, a block by which bodies arecarried, wedges having an angle of inclination corresponding with theblock, for the purpose set forth, a vertically reciprocating bar bywhich the block and wedges are carried, and means for imparting rotarymovement to the brushes.

19. In a machine of the character described, in combination, brushes,swinging arms by which they are carried, a block by which bodies arecarried, wedges having an angle of inclination corresponding with theblock, for the purpose set forth, means for imparting verticalrecipro'catory movement to the block and wedges, means for swinging thearms outward and moving the brushes away from the block.

' 20. In a machine of the character described, in combination, brushes,swinging arms by which they are carried, a block by which bodies arecarried, wedges having an angle of inclination corresponding with theblock, said wedges cooperating with the arms, for the purpose set forth,a vertically reciprocating bar by which the block and wedges arecarried, and other wedges also cooperating with the arms, by which thearms are moved block.

In testimony whereof I afiix signature.

AUGUST M. WARM.

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